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Romar Leading Young Dawgs – Future Bright

The University of Washington basketball team is young. Really
young. Gone are floor leaders like Isaiah Thomas, Quincy
Poindexter, and Jon Brockman from years past. The roster is filled
with freshman

Lorenzo Romar

and sophomores, and even a scholarship football player. The
Dawgs have at times looked clumsy and out of sorts. They’ve lost
games they should have won. And, through all of that, they find
themselves atop the Pac-12 (with a whole lot of other teams) at
6-2, and 13-7 overall after a win against Arizona State last night
in Tempe.

At some point, we need to recognize the job Lorenzo Romar has
done with this program. It’s one thing to recruit great players,
which he has done. But, it is an altogether different thing to take
a group of young players and guide them through turbulent times and
growing pains, while still winning. That is exactly what he has
done. Marv Harshman (Coach Romar’s old coach) at this point is
certainly the king of coaches at Washington, at least in the modern
era. I see Lorenzo Romar surpassing his mentor at some point. Why?
He’s much younger when he got started here; has a long term deal at
his alma mater; is a terrific recruiter; and most of all lives by
his convictions. And, as it seems, he may know a little bit about
X’s and O’s.

This team featuring Terrance Ross and Tony Wroten may end up
being his best to date in the next year or so. In the meantime,
they may still find a way to win the Pac-12 and go to the Big
Dance. And all the credit goes to Lorenzo Romar…